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Tuesday, 10 th May .—10.00 : Presidential Address. 10.40-12.30 : General

Meeting. 14.00-17.00: Meetings of Sections. 17.00-18.30: Visit to the

Natural History Museum. 21.00 : Soiree at Theatre des Arts.


Wednesday 11 th May .—10.00-12.30: Meetings of Sections. 14.00:

Excursion to Cleres.


Thursday, 12 th May .—9.00: Long Excursion in the Valley of the Seine.

Lunch at Caudebec-en-Caux. Forest of Brotonne, Mauny, Roches d’Orival.

20.00: Banquet.


Friday, 13 th May .—10.00-12.30 : Meetings of Sections. 14.00-17.30 :

Meetings of Sections. 20.30: Meeting of the International Ornithological

Committee. 21.30 : General Meeting in the Town Hall. Close of the Congress.


PARIS


Saturday and Sunday, 14 th and 1 5th May .—Visit and reception at the

Museum and to establishments associated therewith.


Monday to Thursday, 1 6th to 19 th May .—Long Excursion to the Carmargue.


N.B.—Visits to Monuments and Museums in Rouen, conducted by repre¬

sentatives of scientific and art societies, will be organized during the hours

not occupied by the Meetings and Excursions of the Congress.


SECTIONS


The Sections will be as follows :—


1st Section : Taxonomy and Zoo-Geography.


2nd Section : Anatomy, Physiology, Palaeontology and Embryology.


3rd Section : Biology (Ethology, Ecology, Migration, Oology, etc.).


4th Section : Applied Ornithology (Economic Ornithology, Taxidermy,

Observations and Experiments on birds in captivity).


Conforming with the desire of the Permanent International Ornithological

Committee expressed at the last Congress, it is proposed that questions con¬

cerning the PROTECTION OF BIRDS be dealt with during the Meetings

of the International Committee for Bird Preservation which will take place

in Rouen immediately before the opening of the Congress, on the 6th and 7th

of May, 1938.


The Resolutions adopted and the proposals put forward will then be

presented for the approval of the Congress at the final General Meeting.


COMMUNICATIONS


Those who wish to give papers must send intimation to the Secretary

by 31st January, 1938, giving the following information :—


(1) Title of paper, with number of typed pages and approximate time

required.


(2) Section for which it is intended.


(3) Whether illustrated by lantern slides, films, or photographs and

prints. (Size of lantern slides must be given and full details of film, i.e. whether

flam, or non-flam., size and length.) An epidiascope will be provided.


All manuscript must be handed in before the close of the Congress or it will

not be included in the Proceedings.



